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Postradiation nasopharyngeal necrosis (PRNN) frequently develops after second-course radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). PRNN can lead to internal carotid artery (ICA) massive hemorrhage due to ICA rupture,...

Despite the known importance of vaccines as one of the greatest achievements in medical science, vaccine hesitancy has been increasing in the last decade and has become a major threat to global health. The growth of vaccine...

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for 10- to 24-year-olds in the United States and is a global public health issue, with a recent declaration of a National State of Emergency in Children’s Mental Health by the...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) are two common surgeries for prostate and bladder cancer. We aim to assess the trends in the site of care for RALP and TURBT...

Pyroptosis is a novel regulated cell death (RCD) mode associated with inflammation and innate immunity. Gasdermin E (GSDME), a crucial component of the gasdermin (GSDM) family proteins, has the ability to convert...

The effects of SARS-CoV-2 gestational exposure on child development remain inconclusive.To analyze the effects of SARS-CoV-2 gestational exposure on neurodevelopment until 12 months.Prospective cohort study conducted in five...

Metastatic breast cancer refractory to anthracycline and taxanes often shows rapid progression. The development of effective and tolerable combination regimens for these patients is needed. This phase II trial investigated the...

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide. It is still difficult to distinguish active TB from latent TB,but it is very important...

Most hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experience pain. Despite the known risks associated with opioids in IBD including risk for misuse, overdose, infection, readmission, and even death, opioid use is...

There are an estimated 5,570 yearly cancer deaths in Puerto Rico. Breast and colorectal are the most common malignancies among Puerto Rican women. Therefore, prevention and early detection of these cancer types are critical to...

Immunological disorder remains a great challenge in severe poly-trauma, in which lymphopenia is an important contributor. The purpose of present study is to explore whether ferroptosis, a new manner of programmed cell death...

A historic increase in paediatric invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections was reported globally in 2022. iGAS infections can lead to severe manifestations (eg, pleural empyema, necrotising fasciitis, toxic shock...

We retrospectively analyzed serum level of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) as a pulmonary inflammatory biomarker in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in association with disease severity and outcome.Ninety-nine (40 critically...

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones whose primary function is cytoprotection, supporting cell survival under (sub) lethal conditions. They have been implicated in various diseases such as inflammatory diseases...

A recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council on Stroke position paper proposed a holistic integrated care management approach for stroke patients, to improve cardiovascular outcomes. The impact of implementing the ABC...

We investigated sex-specific associations and their differences between major cardiovascular risk factors and the risk of incident coronary heart disease (CHD) and hard CHD (defined as nonfatal myocardial infarction and...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate online-merge-offline (OMO)-based music therapy (MT) as a complementary option for asthma management in pediatric patients. A total of 86 children diagnosed with mild asthma were enrolled...